Expert Consultant, Procurement, Operations

Who We Are

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.

To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.

Practice Area

The Operations Practice (OPS) Area is one of BCG's largest functional practices. We help our clients create competitive advantage by enhancing their performance and building strategic capabilities. BCG’s expertise in Operations covers the following areas - supply chain management, procurement, manufacturing, service operations, cost efficiency, operational transformation, research & product development, program and project management, all with a strong digital and analytics overlay.

What You'll Do as an Expert Consultant, Procurement, Operations

As an Expert Consultant, Procurement, Operations, you will be part of a BCG team and you will leverage your deep expertise on projects that reshape businesses. You will be given end-to-end responsibility for a workstream within a BCG project. You will work closely with clients to understand their issues, create strategies for change, and win buy-in for your recommendations, while also collaborating with colleagues on complex client issues. You will provide deep expertise and insight to clients and help build your expertise area within BCG. A majority of your time will be focused on supporting and executing case work.

The Expert Consulting Track (ECT) is vital to BCG’s ability to successfully meet our clients’ demand for deep expertise and advanced technical capabilities. Experts deliver next-level impact for BCG's most complex and cutting-edge client challenges. Experts focus on developing BCG's thought leadership, commercial capabilities, and intellectual property assets; and their work is essential to our delivery model. Working alongside our traditional and specialty consultants to bring the ‘best of BCG’ to our clients, Experts come from diverse backgrounds, with expertise often gained outside of BCG in industry, academia, or specialized consulting. Consulting work is varied and rigorous, much of it performed at our client sites. Projects can vary in length, size, and location, depending on the client’s challenge. Because our clients operate all over the world, you may travel internationally.

What You'll Bring

• At least 5 years of work experience in top-tier consulting firms or leading industry companies
• Expertise or strong interest in Procurement topics, such as: procurement transformation, category-driven value creation and procurement innovation
• Strong consulting skill set with a demonstrated willingness to learn and grow: creative and hypothesis-led problem solving, framing and communicating complex ideas, thinking strategically and excellent numerical skills
• Entrepreneurial, driven, and proactive mindset with a strong work ethic
• Collaborative working style with a proven ability to team effectively across BCG and with clients
• Ability to build trust and rapport with clients by deeply understanding their business and challenges
• Strong educational background. MBA is a plus
• Fluent in Spanish and English

Key skills/competency

• Procurement Transformation
• Supply Chain Management
• Operational Excellence
• Strategic Sourcing
• Client Relationship Management
• Problem Solving
• Project Management
• Digital & Analytics
• Change Management
• Cross-functional Collaboration